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Lightshow!
Jul. 2nd, 2025 10:57 pmWe had quite the lightshow earlier. We fell under Severe Thunderstorm Watch at 7:18pm, quickly followed by a Severe Thunderstorm Warning at 7:19, and the thunder started thundering at about 7:30pm.
The thunder sounded like someone was waving a giant sheet of metal outside, at first. Not at all like it usually does. It was super strange and, well, metallic. The worst of the supercell went over the town in a matter of 20 minutes or so, with a bit more lightning and thunder again at the 1-hour mark, but nowhere near as loud or dramatic.
Lightning struck something relatively close to the house. I had our bird on me during the worst of the storm because the poor thing is terrified of thunder, and she went all skinny and long-necked from fear. I just gave snuggles and kisses until it was over. It's funny how this conure is so stressed about thunderstorms and my two cockatiels I had before her did not give a hoot, unless there was a particularly loud clap of thunder, at which they would both hiss loudly and briefly, like they were annoyed at it. Normally, conures are the braver birds, while cockatiels are timid and skittish. Why are birds?
It's now 11:05pm or so, and the warning and watch have both been lifted. I'm still up, there is nearly an hour left to my shift. At least I'm not on-call for the overnights, this week. That's next week. Thankfully, I do all this from home. It's all evening shifts, essentially, until vacation at the end of July.
The thunder sounded like someone was waving a giant sheet of metal outside, at first. Not at all like it usually does. It was super strange and, well, metallic. The worst of the supercell went over the town in a matter of 20 minutes or so, with a bit more lightning and thunder again at the 1-hour mark, but nowhere near as loud or dramatic.
Lightning struck something relatively close to the house. I had our bird on me during the worst of the storm because the poor thing is terrified of thunder, and she went all skinny and long-necked from fear. I just gave snuggles and kisses until it was over. It's funny how this conure is so stressed about thunderstorms and my two cockatiels I had before her did not give a hoot, unless there was a particularly loud clap of thunder, at which they would both hiss loudly and briefly, like they were annoyed at it. Normally, conures are the braver birds, while cockatiels are timid and skittish. Why are birds?
It's now 11:05pm or so, and the warning and watch have both been lifted. I'm still up, there is nearly an hour left to my shift. At least I'm not on-call for the overnights, this week. That's next week. Thankfully, I do all this from home. It's all evening shifts, essentially, until vacation at the end of July.
